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PLOW. No. 257,639; Patented Ma.y9,1882.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHEW M. BEARD, OF HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,639, dated May 9,1882.

Application filed September 24, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW M. BEARD, of Holmes county, in the State ofMississippi, have invented a new and Improved Plow, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved plowin whichthe plowshare can be adjusted higher or lower, and the width of whichshare can be increased beyond the landside.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved plow. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the landside of thesame. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the front shank of the frame. 7Fig. at is an inner elevation of the plowshare, and Fig. 5 is alongitudinal elevation of the plow-frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The front shank, A, of the plowframe B is provided with a longitudinalslot, 0, near the middle, and with a similar slot, D, a short distancebelow the slot 0, this slotD being com posed of a series of unitedapertures, so that the edges of this slot will betoothed or notched. Theslot D may be replaced by a series of apertures. The-front shank, A, isfurther provided with a rabbet, E, along the outer edge. The plowshare Fis provided with two apertures, GandH, and with a flange, J. A curvedplate, K, has an angle-iron or knee, L, riveted to'its lower surface,which angle-iron is pro vided with atransverse slot, M. The landside Ois provided with an aperture, N.

The parts of the plow are united in the following manner: The plowshareF is placed upon the shank A in such a manner that the flange J passesinto the rabbet E, and one bolt is passed through the slot 0 and theaperture G, and another bolt is passed through the aperture H and oneotthe apertures forming the slbt D, either near the upper or lower endof the slot D, accordingly as the share is to be adjusted higher orlower. It the plow is to have a double share, the curved plate K isfastened to the plowshare by means of the bolt I, which is passedthrough the apertnre'N and the slot M, this curved plate being adjustedhigher or lower, as may be desired.

Havingthusdescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination, with connecting-bolts, of]

